A reading by HL Maire nic Shiobhan, of the first half of Isabella Whitney’s poem. This poem directly follows the title work “The Copy of A Letter,” where Isabella Whitney discusses her lover leaving her and marrying another woman. “The Admonition”, continues on the theme that Isbella, having lived through betrayal, is in the position […]
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An Arts and Sciences entry for the Dragons Laire Candlemas 2021 Arts and Sciences entry. A True Line : an exploration in making and using the tools of the Architectus I started my journey towards developing the tools of a Roman architectus or military engineer with building my first Scorpioballista. I started the deep dive
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The Tournamentby Farcus Cedrickson (4/1/20) The sun has risen high,The hour then was noon.I look out at the crowd,For my tournament shall start soon. I started to put on my armor,Partially new, partially old.I begin to slowly realize,My opponents would be bold. Some of them come from afar,Many of them from near.They had all come
They say practice makes perfect, and every city, country, or empire wants their fighters to be the best, the strongest, and the most elite. The staple of any great nation would be the military that protects it. Any good military needs athletes that train every day, from cardio to weightlifting, and the Pell was a
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Context The people of China have long held the understanding that the crossbow was invented in Ancient China. And in all likelihood, they’re probably correct. That’s not to say that other cultures may not have also independently developed their own crossbow technology. However, the Chinese can document the use of crossbows into antiquity. In his
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In my modern life I am a professional horticulturalist. I became interested in growing flax about 4 or 5 years ago. I felt it was a good way to combine my modern profession with my passion for historical reenactment. I wanted to put myself to the test and see if I could grow decent flax
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The SCA Board of Directors made the following announcement today. At the time of this writing the SCA servers seem overloaded, so I have copied the entire announcement here. The original can be found at this address: https://www.sca.org/news/resolution-to-suspend-in-person-sca-activity-until-january-31st-2021/ During the July 28, 2020, Ad Hoc meeting of the Board of Directors for the Society for
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Today, Mistress Alianora Greymoor, Seneschal of An tir, made an announcement regarding further event and activity cancellations. In short, the Kingdom of An Tir is extending cancellations through the end of July, 2020, which includes cancellation of July Coronation. Please see the full announcement for details, including some discussion of September Crown. If you have
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